Login with a computer into an other computer with Mac OS X?

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senne

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How do i log in into a computer with another computer? They're both connected with an Airport-card Network and have Mac OS 10.2.5

I don't mean that i get the harddrive/home of the user which i've logged in, but the whole system, so all the processes are run on the other computer, but you see all the apps/docs/files running on your computer.
 
Maybe a little more explanation.

Of course everything depends on what you mean by logging in... You can also just mount another harddisk on the computer you're working on.

First of all there are some things that need to be activated on the computer you want to access. Under Controll panels>'Samengebruik' (Sharing in English?) you have to activate external login ('extern inloggen').

Then you can use the terminal on the remote computer and type
ssh username@domain or ssh username@IP. This works perfect for static IP-numbers (as is mine at university), but I haven't figured this out for dynamic ones which is the case for most cable and dsl users here in Belgium. I heard you can request a static one, but chances are that you will have to pay more. Btw. does anyone know how to solve this problem for dynamic IP-numbers? (As I figured from other posts threads it isn't verry straightforward).
 
I use the service from dyndns.org - basically you run a little app on your computer that periodically checks its IP address. If it notices a change, it contacts a server, and updates a hostname in the .dyndns.org domain to point to the new IP
 
Originally posted by aaike
Maybe a little more explanation.

Of course everything depends on what you mean by logging in... You can also just mount another harddisk on the computer you're working on.

First of all there are some things that need to be activated on the computer you want to access. Under Controll panels>'Samengebruik' (Sharing in English?) you have to activate external login ('extern inloggen').

Then you can use the terminal on the remote computer and type
ssh username@domain or ssh username@IP. This works perfect for static IP-numbers (as is mine at university), but I haven't figured this out for dynamic ones which is the case for most cable and dsl users here in Belgium. I heard you can request a static one, but chances are that you will have to pay more. Btw. does anyone know how to solve this problem for dynamic IP-numbers? (As I figured from other posts threads it isn't verry straightforward).
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To get the IP number of the remote Mac, I just look for it in the Go -> Connect to Server... Finder menu.
 
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